Retailers want joints and chops at a standard size.
Farmers will keep livestock only if its value is growing faster than the cost of keeping them.
Farming is a competitive business. Most animals are bred for their capacity to put on meat as fast as possible, and be disease tolerant. Slaughter is largely age related.
Not really any different to fruit and vegetables - where the suermarkets want standard blemish free sizes, long shelf life.
Sadly flavour tends to be secondary - you can see the meat or fruit in the shop - you only taste it when you eat it.
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